United Way campaign closing in on goal

5:05 PM,
Jan. 17, 2014

Written by

Ivy Farguhgeson
ifarguheson@muncie.gannett.com

Local nonprofits have a reason to be "cautiously optimistic" in regards to 2013-2014 United Way of Delaware County fundraising campaign.

As of early this week, the agency had raised $1,336,713 for area agencies, nearly 84 percent of their $1.6 million goal. That's more than was raised at this time last year when the goal was $2 million. Last year the agency raised $1.65 million.

"We're not officially at the end yet, but if every one of those campaigns does what they did last year - and we have two or three of these workplace campaigns that haven't been a part of the larger campaign for two to three ...